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Job 41:30–31

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41:30Its underparts42 are the sharp points of potsherds,

it leaves its mark in the mud

like a threshing sledge.43

41:31It makes the deep boil like a cauldron

and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment,44

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Footnotes

  1. 42 Heb “under him.”
  2. 43 Here only the word “sharp” is present, but in passages like Isa 41:15 it is joined with “threshing sledge.” Here and in Amos 1:3 and Isa 28:27 the word stands alone, but represents the “sledge.”
  3. 44 The idea is either that the sea is stirred up like the foam from beating the ingredients together, or it is the musk-smell that is the point of comparison.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

His underparts are like sharp potsherds;

he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.

He makes the deep boil like a pot;

he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Its undersides are jagged potsherds,

leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron

and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

His undersides are jagged potsherds,

spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;

he makes the sea like an ointment jar.

NLTNew Living Translation

Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.

It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.

“Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.

It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Its underparts are shards of a potsherd;

it moves over mud like a threshing sledge.

It makes the deep boil like a cooking pot;

it makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

KJV 1900King James Version

Sharp stones are under him:

He spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot:

He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.